Hi API gurus,

I assume, the search box functionality in the species page of gbif homepage (e.g.: https://www.gbif.org/species/5298708) is based on "suggest". There each result contains the scientific name and the full taxonomic hierarchy e.g. "Iris pumila subsp. attica (Boiss. & Heldr.) K.Richt. Subspecies  | Plantae > Tracheophyta >  Liliopsida > Asparagales >  Iridaceae >  Iris >  Iris pumila".

My question: how is the hierarchy implemented? Is it based on "higherClassificationMap"? How?

When I play with the suggest api, the XMLHttpRequest responseText in raw text format contains the taxonomic hierarchy correctly (i.e. the physical order of the entries in "higherClassificationMap" is correct). Unfortunately after JSON.parse the resulting javascript object does not hold any information about the physical order of the key/value pairs.

Is there any smart way to overcome this, or shall I hardcode the hierarchy manually?

Thanks in advance.

József Szlamka